Siouxsie Sioux at 60: more than a monochrome goth-pop priestess
60 years? Well… “What I really resent about people sticking labels on you,” said Siouxsie Sioux in 2004, “is that it cuts off the other…
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World Goth Day: Shedding some light on the darkness of a much-maligned subculture
It was a time when fashion favoured “glamazon” WAGs with fake boobs, coiffed hair and tanned skin. But I was fascinated by a scene where…
Kingston After Dark: Cosmic clamor
On my 2015 year end list for a popular metal site Metalriot.com I included a little Boston trio named InAeona. Their Prosthetic Records release Force…
Read Nottingham Goth Bands’ USA and Mexico Tour Diary
“In July 2016 I was asked by US promoter Jesus Terminal if I wanted to reform my old band Midnight Configuration and to play two…
Life Before Alice: Andrew Eldritch, Leeds & The Birth of The Sisters of Mercy
‘Alice’ transformed him from Andy Taylor – an “unprepossessing youth”, unemployed, and a college drop-out twice over – into the mesmerising, near mythical Andrew Eldritch….
Bauhaus Drummer Recalls Raucous Iggy Pop Encounter
When goth-rock firebrands Bauhaus arrived in New York City on their first U.S. tour in 1980, they unwittingly met a trio of their heroes –…
An interpreter of pain: Andrew Dominik tells Nick Cave’s story in ‘One More Time With Feeling’
The new album by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds stems from a tragic event the Australian singer-songwriter will likely never stop experiencing. On July…
Tattoo artist Kat Von D creates vegan makeup line
Created by Katherine Von Drachenberg, one of the most respected and sought-after tattoo artists in LA, the Kat Von D Beauty Collection is a cruelty-free…
Festival review: Bloodstock Open Air 2016
Between the 10th and 14th August, the usually tranquil and unexciting locale of Derbyshire’s Catton Park was transformed into the heaviest and most brutal metal…
Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy’s Fondly Remembers His First Trip to Phoenix
The year is 1983. Punk is dead, and the undead appears to be on the minds of many post-punk ingénues and avant-garde crowds alike. Nowhere…